Category Archives: Guardian.co.uk

Comparing public user engagement suggests that Google+ is still a niche pursuit, despite Google claiming it has 170 million people signed up – while Pinterest’s attraction remains high Away from all the hubbub over that other social network, how is … Continue reading →

• Facebook breaks even in first day of trading• IPO smashes record for trading volume with 565m shares• Underwriters step in to shore up $38 offer price• Launch delayed amid confusion at Nasdaq• Follow our Facebook shareholder wealth tracker here 4.55pm ET/9.55pm BST: We’re … Continue reading →

• Facebook launched on the Nasdaq exchange in New York• 80 million shares sold in first 30 seconds of trading• But share price almost falls below $38 offer value• Launch delayed amid confusion at Nasdaq• Follow our Facebook shareholder wealth tracker here 3.02pm ET/8.02pm … Continue reading →

Legal LOLs as the LJ and QC turn MCs, plus three-year-old turns Dave Grohl in our rundown of the top online clips It’s been a dramatic few weeks at the Leveson inquiry into press standards, with evidence from Rupert Murdoch, … Continue reading →

Tom Midlane is covering the north’s huge festival of ideas for the Guardian Northerner. He’s halfway through – and reeling with mind-expanding notions, new technology and a Buddhist urban meditation app A mecca for creatives, media professionals and tech-geeks, FutureEverything … Continue reading →

Plus smartphone installed base, more on Android fragmentation, web intents?, and more A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Browsers and Apps in 2012 >> Tim Bray It’s like this: … Continue reading →

How will we get out of the economic mess? See what happened when we deabeted the issues live• Enter our competition – and win $2,000• More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian How will the world’s economies ever … Continue reading →

How will we get out of the economic mess? Take part in our Google+ debate at 5pm BST today• Follow the debate here on our Google+ page• Enter our competition – and win $2,000• More data journalism and data visualisations … Continue reading →

Plus Child Support Agency still broken, what Sprint likes about the iPhone, tech CEOs v you, and more A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Legacy computer errors dog child … Continue reading →

The sale will likely generate billions, but hidden just beneath the buzz are signs that not all is well for Silicon Valley’s star On Friday, Facebook will finally become a public company. The hotly anticipated initial public offering (IPO) will … Continue reading →

Plus Steve Ballmer considered, Robbie Bach on the lessons from Xbox and Zune, Microsoft analyses Mac malware and more A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team What’s the best cellphone … Continue reading →

How did the social network get so big – and can it possibly get any bigger? Mariana Santos Simon Rogers Guardian Interactive team

Francesco Caio, a former chief executive of Cable & Wireless and one of the architects of the government’s existing broadband strategy, will be here on Wednesday 16 May between 11.45am and 12.45pm (BST) to take part in a live Q&A. … Continue reading →

Plus Xbox for video?, sexism in tech (with examples!), the $144m button, Google takes the First, and more A quick burst of 11 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Nokia’s last stand: can the … Continue reading →

Plus Google’s maps on iOS, Dell’s ultrabook for open source, details from the Oracle-Google trial and more A quick burst of 8 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team FOSS Patents: Judge holds Google to … Continue reading →

The chair of the Alan Turing centenary celebrations, Professor S. Barry Cooper of Leeds University, continues his guest blog for the Guardian Northerner with a look at a legendary chess match What is the link between Garry Kasparov, greatest chess … Continue reading →

You have to delve quite a long way into the simple answer that Siri gives to get to explain why it says Nokia’s new Lumia 900 is the best phone. The reasons are illuminating, though Why is it that when … Continue reading →

If the contents of our brains get uploaded into a computer, then surely someone is going to have to pay to keep it all working. That’ll be you. But what if you can’t pay? And what about all that copyrighted … Continue reading →

How will we get out of the economic mess? Take part in our Google+ debate• Follow the debate here on our Google+ page• Enter our competition – and win $2,000• More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian How … Continue reading →

Plus is the US good for Lumia sales?, Samsung’s truncated lineup, more 3D printing and more A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Bartz: “By the way, I DO have … Continue reading →

The internet entrepreneur will be here on Friday 11 May from 2-3pm (BST) to take part in a live Q&A. Post your questions now Britain does more business online than any other major economy. But when it comes to high … Continue reading →

Plus Google+ updates iPhone app, Norway arrests suspected Soca hackers and more A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Tablets want to kill your laptop >> Forrester Research A sponsored … Continue reading →

Written reports of conferences and events are so passe: the future is ‘sketchnoting’ – producing notes as illustrations. Eva-Lotta Lamm has spent the past few years sketchnoting dozens of key design and tech conferences. Now you can see the results … Continue reading →

Plus Google gets licences for self-driving cars, Android malware, iOS 5.1.1′s security fix and more A quick burst of 10 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team Android update delays: AT&T CEO passes the buck…to … Continue reading →

Responses to our survey highlight widespread anger and show that openness and investment in the sector are vital Britons don’t get angry easily. Broadband, though, seems to generate different emotions. People are fed up. Fed up with the excessive speed … Continue reading →